GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |